Elkspert

Boy how things changed once December 1st rolled around. We started our scouting on November 27th with seeing anywhere from 3-8 bulls a day up until the opener. We even had a couple of buddies drive up from Phoenix area to help us, giving us 2 trucks to get around in. Seemed like once that moon hit full, that was it for sightings. I was putting on around 7 miles each day, head lamping in before dark and out after dark. I think we saw 2 smaller 6's on about the 4th day with about 10 minutes of light left. They were 900 yards away and the wind was blowing about 40. Pretty frustrating to say the least. We have had pretty descent success in 10 in the past for non residents and we felt pretty good going into the hunt and during our scouting. I really feel like the lack of weather, full moon and high winds shut us down. We still had a good time and it was nice to see a couple of old friends and meet some new ones. Were still going to keep at it.

Hey folks, I am looking at a couple different areas on the Big Bo. I have already purchased my ranch permit since this is the area I am most familiar with. As a non resident I have been on this late hunt 3 different times over the last 15 years. We have been successful on each hunt, with one bull over 370. None of these hunts have really been in the same area. We have done our scouting a week prior to locate some bulls. This leads me into my question. I am wondering about a few areas a bit farther up north. I know some guys don't like to see areas called out on a public forum so if anyone who is familiar with 10 would like to P.M I would appreciate it. As of now I feel we have a pretty good game plan with where we plan on camping and hunting. As a matter of fact right now we even have a plan B. Just kind of curious about a couple areas farther north. I know the unit is hard to get around in and once camp is made its tough to relocate. It can be done and we will if need be. I just don't really want to waste a couple days scouting if the areas up north are not to productive.

Thank you 208, Definitely agree with your comment. We will be there a week prior to do our scouting. Good luck on your season also..